title: Workplace health hazards: analysis of hotline calls over a six-year period.
abstract: Between 1981-1986 a state-based occupational health telephone hotline received more than 8,000 inquiries on over 3,000 hazardous agents. Major caller groups were employees (37%), employers (20%), health care providers, primarily physicians (19%), government agencies (12%), and labor unions (6%). Employees were the fastest growing caller group. Callers inquired about general health hazards of chemicals (65%), the relation of symptoms to work (22%), and risks to pregnancy (13%).
authors.affiliation: Hazard Evaluation System and Information Service (HESIS), California Department of Health Services, Berkeley 94704.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quint
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Handley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cummings
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D015277:Hotlines / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances